Cars hate me

[JamezF]

With that much exposed I would be very tempted to drill some holes near the mechanism and soak with oil then power the lock again.

The deadlock mechanism is a plastic bolt (which blocks the release mechanism) driven by an electric motor with microswitches acting as limit sensors at either end. Given that I have found no sign of corrosion anywhere, I suspect that either the motor or the associated electronics have failed.

I already have a replacement lock mechanism winging its way to me (a whole £21 from ebay) so I'm not really inclined to expend much more effort on it, especially if it involves drilling even more holes in the door.

James

 

[Penninetrader]

Not the door just the lock unit itself, the reason I am suggesting this was because having had the same problem it turned out it was just a small amount of resistance that prevented the solonoid from throwing the bolt, they simply dry out or wear unevenly.. If you had the door open at some point just the one time during this problem it would be the lubrication that I am sure you would have jumped at.. Reminder to oneself, grease door locks regularly.. Nontheless I feel your pain, some people have no necessitry to undertake any of these types of jobs. My current one is a heat pump dryer that doesn't, dry that is. I am obviously becoming an "expert" on such things :}